Galleries and cultural centres have been forced to close their doors during COVID, and rapidly develop online resources to engage their audiences. This can be a boon for educators, and their students with art experiences more accessible online than…
The field of art education has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in complex ways. Art educators have been challenged with teaching visual arts skills, practices, and concepts, to students in virtual classrooms using non-conventional means. Their…
Over the past several months, new models of curriculum and the enactment of these models were devised and worked out in real time so that students might continue to learn and thrive despite abrupt changes to their day-to-day realities. Professional…
This article places the impact of COVID-19 on public education into context, and drills down to how the pandemic affected the delivery of arts education. The article begins with an overview of the inequities revealed in our public education system by…
Iulia is a fifteen-year-old high school student from Chisinau, Moldova. Besides being an active volunteer and an outstanding student, who participates in international academic championships, Iulia adores art and has many talents. Julia rethinks the…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions, open and distance learning (ODL) has
become the preferred delivery model of instruction at most institutions of higher learning. The
ODL mode of instruction has become the most common alternative…
Society turns to the arts for comfort, escape, healing, entertainment and intellectual challenge. By
attending performances, festivals and events, visiting museums and galleries, studying the arts formally
or informally, or producing art either…
This essay is a reflection about the COVID-19 pandemic from the vantage point of being on a sabbatical. As a result of the virus and global shut down, people are experiencing widespread suffering and economic devastation. The author, a professor,…
